Coin-delivery mechanism.



F. C. LEONARD & G. F. ROOKE.

COIN DELIVERY MECHANISM. APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, I914.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

s'rarus FREDERICK C. LEONARD AND GEORGE F. ROOKE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

COIN-DELIVERY MECHANISM.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERICK C. LEON- ARD and GEORGE F. ROOKE, both citizens of ful Improvements in Coin-Delivery Mechanisms, of which the following is a specifica-.

tion.

Our invention relates to improvements in coin-delivery mechanisms and refers more particularly, to portable coin-delivery ,devices employed for delivering a predetermined number of coins or checks of like character.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a construction of the class referred to which will deliver a predetermined number of similar coins from the device by a single movement of the operator.

Subsidiary objects of the invention are, to provide a construction of the class referred to in which the coins of the proper number are delivered into such position that they may readily be grasped by the operator, and when in such position they are held-securely but resiliently in said delivery position; to provide a construction of thee-class referred to in which the coins are delivered in the proper number into such position that they' parts; to provide a construction in which the coins are retained, delivered and resiliently held in exposed position by means of a single moving member which constitutes the entire operating mechanism of the device; to provide a mechanism of the class referred v to which shall be simple and economical in construction, and, in general, to provide an improved coin-delivery mechanism of the class referred to.

Our invention consists in the matters herein described and more particularly Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Application filed May 20, 1914. Serial No. 839,679.

pointed out in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which.

Flgure 1 is a plan view of the device; Fig. 2 1s a front elevation, partly in section, to show the operating parts; Fig. 3 is a section along the line 33 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 1s a diagrammatic View illustrating the manner in which the coins are resiliently retamed'in ejected position.

In the drawings we have illustrated, as a partlcular embodiment of our invention, a

delivery mechanism which comprises a series of three magazines adapted to deliver two, three and four coins or checks, respectively,

the coins in this case being ordinary nickels. The machine comprlses three vertical magazines 2, 3 and l'WhiCll are mounted in a main frame 1, the latter having an upper project- 1ng shelf 5 and a lower projecting shelf 6. The frame 1 may be constructed of a single casting bored out to receive the three coin magazines, and the back of it is fiat and slightly curved to fit against the body of the operator Whose belt passes through the bails 7 and 8.

Each of the magazines is secured to the main casting by a pair of'flat-head screws 4* which are threaded into the tube 4 in the magazine but do not project in beyond the bore of the tube. The top of each of the coin magazines is closed by means of a cap 9 having therein a diametrical slot 10 which is enlarged at the center to form a round hole considerably less in diameter than the coin in order to permit the operator, to inspect his coin supply, while at the same time the nickels are prevented from jumping out in case the device is accidentally overturned. The front of each coin magazine is slotted out slightly to form front inspection openings 11 to permit the operator to see if his coin supply is becoming exhausted. In the device shown, the coin magazines 4, 3 and 2 are adapted to deliver four, three and two nickels, respectively, and to this end the bottom of the tube forming the magazine stops short of the bottom shelf 6 a sufficient distance to permit the ejection of the stated number of coins. In the space between the bottom shelf 6 and the bottom of the tube forming the magazine is mounted a pivoted horizontally swinging arm which is of the required vertical thickness to eject the required number of coins from the magazine lll which it controls. This ejector arm comprises a crescent-shaped casting 12 which is provided with a square vertically extending aper'ture'to admit a squared neck 13' at the lowerend of the pivot shaft 14. The upper end of the latter is reduced in cross-section and enters a downwardly facing journal opening in the bottom of the adjustable stud 15, which'is a tight fit in the upper shelf 5. The pivot shaft is pre-' vented from dropping down by means of a screw-pin 16 which is threaded into the ejector arm 12 and passes through the,

squared neck 13, and the bottom bearing for the shaft is furnished by an enlarged portion 17 journaled in a slightly thickened boss 18 in the bottom shelf. .The outer lower end of the pivot pin is keyed or swaged into one end of the operating lever 19, the other end of which is provided with a small finger button 20. The ejector arm is retracted into its normal position by a coil spring 21, one end of which enters a groove between the squared neck 13 and the side of the vertical hole in the ejector arm, and the other end entersa vertical drilled hole in the end of the adjusting stud 15, the latter being provided with a slotted screwhead permitting the tension of the spring to be varied at will. When the stud 15 has been rotated 'sufliciently to give the required tension to the spring, it is secured in that position by swaging the edge slightly with a center punch, as shown at 22 in Fig. 1. The spring 21 is protected from abuse by a vertically extending tube 23, one end of which slips over the circular neck portion on the upper side of the ejector arm and the otherupper end of the tube is closed by the lower end of the adjusting stud 15.

In normal position the ejector arm remains pushed back against the frame 1, its shape and position being such as to permit the coins to drop freely upon the bottom shelf which supports them in avertical col umn, the lower coins being retained by the short detent finger 24. When the operator desires to withdraw coins from one of the magazines, he places his finger upon the button 20 and rotates the lever as far as possible in a forward direction. This movement swings forward the longer arm of the crescent-shaped ejector 12, thelatter being of a sufficient vertical width to engage the required number of coins. The ejector 12 thus engages the proper number of coins and pushes them forward from beyond the bottom of the magazine. The outward movement of the ejector or sweep is arrested when the end of the longer arm, thereof strikes the boss- 25 of the adjacent ejector lever. The stack of coins then may readily be grasped by the thumb of the same hand which is being used to operate the button 20. If desired, however, the operator may into the magazine, but are held in exposed projected position ready to be grasped and completely withdrawn if the operator Wishes to do so. This latter feature is taken care of by making the detent arm 24 of such length and shape that it forces the stack of coins against the boss 25 of the ejector lever next adjacent to it. It should be noted that when the coins are in this exposed position the pressure line between the end of the detent arm 24and the side of the boss 25 lies outside of the center of the coins so that the latter are not apt accidentally to become dislodged. When the coins are in this exposed position the detentarm 24 does not force them back into the magazine, owing to the friction between the boss 25 and edges of the coins and also that due to the weight of the coins still remaining in the magazine. We have taken care of this feature at the bottom of the end magazine 2 by providing a small boss 26 secured into the lower shelf in place of the boss on the ejector lever, which of course is not available for this end magazine.

We do'not limitourselves to the details of construction shown except as specified in the appended claims."

We 'claim I 1. In coin-delivery mechanisms, the combination of a coin tube having an opening to permit the ejection of a coin from a pack of coins contained within spring-retracted ejector member pivoted adjacent said opening to swing laterally across the end of said tube and to engage and deliver a coin in register with-said opening, a

stop for arresting the swinging movement. of

said ejector before said coin is completely delivered, and means associated with said ejector member tending to return said coin into the tube and cooperating with said partially ejected'coin to maintain the same in its partially ejected position.

2. In coin-deliverymechanisms, the combination of a coin tube open at itslower end and adapted to form a receptacle for a vertical column of coins, a horizontal support for said column of coins located below the open end of said tube and spaced a suflicient distance therefrom to permlt the ejection of a stack of a predetermined number of coins, a vertical pivot located adjacent to the side of said tube, a crescent-shaped sweep mount ed on said pivot having a long arm adapted to engage and eject said stack of coins and a short arm adapted normally to prevent movement of said stack of coins, an arm below said horizontal support and secured to the lower end of said pivot for operating said sweep, a coil spring surrounding said pivot for retracting the sweep into normal disengaged position, the lower end of said spring being secured to said pivot, and a rotatable member forming the upper bearing for said pivot in which the other end of said spring is secured for adjusting the tension of said spring.

3. In coin-delivery mechanisms, the combination of a vertical coin tube open at its lower end and adapted to retain a columnof coins of like character, a horizontal shelf below the lower open end of said tube for supporting the coins, a horizontally swinging ejector membermounted on a vertical pivot adjacent said tube, said ejector having a long rear arm adapted to engage a stack of a definite number of coins and slide them in a horizontal direction from beneath the front end of said tube and an opposed short front arm normally preventing the egress of said coins, and means for arresting the outward movement of said ejector after the coins have been slid forward into partially ejected position.

4. In coin-delivery mechanisms, the combination of a vertical'coin tube open at its lower end and adapted to retain a column of coins of like character, a horizontal shelf below the lower open end of saidtube for supporting the coins, a horizontally swinging ejector member mounted on a vertical pivot adjacent said tube, said ejector having a long rear arm adapted to engage a stack of a definite number of coins and slide them in a horizontal direction from beneath the front end of said tube and an opposed short front arm normally preventing the egress of said coins, and means for arresting the outward movement of said ejector after the coins have been slid forward into partially ejected position and cooperating with said short arm to resiliently hold said-coins in said partially ejected position.

FREDERICK O. LEONARD. GEORGE F. ROOKE. Witnesses:

EMILIE Rosn, G. A. SOANS. 

